SUPREME COURT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11876, 22 February 1933, Page 7

SUPREME COURT

GISBORNE QUARTERLY SESSION

“NO GASES OF DISHONESTY/ 1 'With seven prisoners lor trial and four fur sentence, the quarterly session of the Supreme Court opened at Gisborne before his Honour Mr. Justice Blair yesterday. The civil list is brief, there being only one case f°i hearing.. Divorce, bankruptcy and miscellaneous matters should not occupy a great deal ol time. In his charge to the grand jury, Ids Honour congratulated the district on the. absence of cases involving dishonesty. GRAND JURY. The following grand jury was enipamiellcd; Gluts. .Matthews (foreman), Oliver .J. YD Alley, Charles Tb Dull, Joseph IT. Durr, Robert W. J. ltdwards, Richard 11. G. Galvin, ( has A. Harries, Herbert R. Kciiduu, Jas. L. Kirker, Howard Kemvay. Rees Maddock, Edgar D. Maude, Alexander \V. Mclntosh, Walter D. MorTev, Charles J. Morris, Albert E. Ryatt, Thomas R. Robertson, I* raneis Granville Sharp, AValluce Stewart, Arthur Stoneham. David S. Thompson and Adam H. Y\ dson. HIS HONOUR'S CHARGE. In charging the grand jury. His Honour stated that lie was pleased to be able to congratulate the district that there was no case involving dishonesty to be considered. The cases to come before them, curiously enough, were all of assault, involving seven persons. Two were of a sexual nature and should not give much trouble. Another was a case In which a youth was charged with assaulting an old woman, aged 70; he went to her place, asked for a drink of water and, later, when the police were sent for, he "'as alleged to have assaulted her. The only ease likely to give the grand jury trouble was one in which four men were charged with assaulting another man named Dalrymplc. In all fairness to the accused, it should he pointed out that, simply because they were present at the time of tlie assault. did not necessarily make them parties to the assault. According to one Crown witness, one of the accused, Tvatipa, was.acting the, part oi' peacemaker and His Honor wished to impress on the jury that, where several persons were concerned in the olio, charge, a true bill could be returned against only one or more of them and no bill in respect of the remainder.

COMMON JURORS. The following common jurors were sworn in: Henry Andrew, Charles .0. Armstrong, Harry J. Bacon, Robert J. Breiiigau, Angus Campbell, ThomaS W. Charles, George P. Clarke, Alfred J. Cox, Frank 'J'. Crafts, Douglas M. Faram, George T. F. Forbes, Freest 13. Forrest, Ernest \V. Forrest, Clias. T. Gerrard, Body Grace, 'William A. Hall, Retrain ,J. Hanlon, Donald \Y. Hardwek, Cecil G. ilenzler, Albert Hopps, John J 1 atchiusou, Arnold 11. N. Kidd, Arthur F. Laiigridgo; Sydney L. Ledger, Bertram S. Lewis, George Lynskey, William J. Mac Gibbon, John Mahoney, John J. Martin, William McDonald, j.im., .James McCoy, John K. Naisuiith, Vincent It. Norman, Sydney Old, Benjamin . A. Palmer, Samuel Pardee, Reginald V. Pocock, And re iv J. Russell, John .S. Rutherford, Robert B. rScott, AY after R,. Seymour, Jack .T. Skeet, Robert M. Sloan, Percy H. Smith,. Christopher Reidy, Thomas Smellie. Richard Smith, Andrew T. TcH'or, Bryan M., Terry, 'Arnold Williamson, Harold F. Wise, Francis S. 'Woodbury. TRUE BILLS RETURNED. After a brief retirement, the jury .brought in true bills against the following: ■ i ■ '■ •-> Kurei Ivingi, alleged assault with intent to commit rape and alleged indecent assault on a female under tile age of,. 16. .; • > . Tommy Adiurirf Joe Hoera, Meet Katipa and John Kihgi, alleged assault causing actual bodily harm. Frederick Higgs, alleged assault with intent to commit rape, and alleged indecent assault on a female.

: Frank Fish, alleged assault * causing actual {bodily harm.' ,